Here's how the world celebrated Diwali on Facebook

Image credit: GettyWonder how the world celebrated Diwali on Facebook? The social networking giant has shared some interesting data about how netizens around the globe celebrated the festival of lights on Facebook. Globally, 45 million people had 198 million interactions about Diwali between November 7 and November 11, according to the social media giant. Some 21% of the social network's India monthly active users had some posts or engagement around Diwali.

In fact, the Diwali chatter was not restricted to India. The festival received fair amount of engagement from users in Guyana, Nepal, Singapore and Bhutan too.

Following are the top 5 countries in terms of percent of Monthly Active People (MAP) engaging around Diwali content:1. India: 21%2. Guyana: 19%3. Nepal: 18%4. Singapore: 14%5. Bhutan: 10%

Facebook also released a 'heat map' attached showing the level of conversation arounf the festival throughout India. The size of each circle represents the number of people engaged in conversation about Diwali. The capital of Tamil Nadu Chennai tops the 'heat map', followed by Kolkata, New Delhi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad respectively.

Facebook on its part wished people in India 'Happy Diwali' with a personalized greeting at the top of News Feed. The greeting included an illustration and a message from the Facebook team.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg too wished everyone 'Happy Diwali' via a post on the social networking website. Zuckerberg added that he missed being in India for Diwali this year.

Following is the Facebook co-founder's post on the festival of lights:

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